Watching the Future of HIV

Twenty hours on an airplane -- 40 when you count the return
trip -- is a drag. But that's the price we pay to cover the 7th International
AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in lovely
downtown Kuala Lumpur. No need to say thanks ... it's what we do at MedPage.

I can't tell you much about KL (as we old Asia hands call
it). It has been very hot. The traffic is terrible. And the convention center
-- nestled next to a lovely park in the shadow of the city's iconic Petronas
Towers -- is nicely designed and efficient.

But the nature of the beast is that a 3-day meeting like
this one leaves little time for sightseeing. My colleague Ed Susman and I have
been hunkered down, keyboards smoking, trying to bring you a relatively
complete picture of what's new.

That's not as easy as it seems, because the long-term significance of much of the research here will only be known in ... well ... the long term.

But I think it's clear that the various aspects of cure research hold the most important promise. Unfortunately, that science is in its infancy and there's little to report that's dramatic. But some of the best medical scientists in the world are turning their attention to curing HIV. If it's possible, it will eventually be reported here.

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